I believe Microsoft has created a huge amount of money for their employees (their IPO created billionaires and order of thousands or tens of thousands of millio

I believe Microsoft has created a huge amount of money for their employees (their IPO created billionaires and order of thousands or tens of thousands of millionaires). I don't think Microsofot employees feeling snubbed by their CEOs. So in this case Bill Gates is doing both. Sharing profit as well as being philanthropic.